You can disable WP-Cron and set your own Cron jobs to run at the times you prefer. Once you disable WP-Cron on the MainWP Settings page of your Dashboard (Dashboard -> Settings > Advanced Settings: Use WP Cron), MainWP will remove all of its schedules.
Once disabled, you can then add the following files to the crontab. Directly under each file, the commands to add to the crontab are added: The reason the “PHP” call is preferred is that this eliminates the HTTP issues (timeouts of the webserver, etc..)
To find out how to set up a Cron for your hosting provider, contact their support or help documentation.
Commands to Use in this Crontab
The preferred option, calling directly from the command line (beware, the path to PHP may vary depending on your host)
/usr/bin/php /path/to/public_html/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/**FILE** > /dev/null 2>&1
Alternative Option, Calling the Site
wget -O /dev/null http://example.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/**FILE** > /dev/null 2>&1
Core
Core
Check for available updates
Frequency: every minute (crontab schedule: * * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/updatescheck.php > /dev/null 2>&1
This cron job will perform two actions. First, it will first synchronize the Dashboard and then perform auto-updates if any exist.
Ping Child Sites
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/pingchilds.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Check Sites Status
Frequency: every minute (crontab schedule: * * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/checkstatuschilds.php > /dev/null 2>&1
This cron also controls the Uptime Monitoring feature added in v5.3.
Check Sites Health
Frequency: every hour (crontab schedule: 0 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/sitehealthmonitoring.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Reconnect Sites
Frequency: every hour (crontab schedule: 0 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp/cron/stats.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Domain Monitor
Domain Monitor
Check Domains
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
Frequency: every week, on Sunday 00:00 (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * 0)
Frequency: twice a month (crontab schedule: 0 0 1,15 * * *)
Frequency: every month (crontab schedule: 0 0 1 * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-domain-monitor-extension/cron/domain_monitor_cron_start.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Send Notifications
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-domain-monitor-extension/cron/domain_monitor_cron_alert.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Audit Sites
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
Frequency: every week, on Sunday 00:00 (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * 0)
Frequency: twice a month (crontab schedule: 0 0 1,15 * * *)
Frequency: every month (crontab schedule: 0 0 1 * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-lighthouse-extension/cron/lighthouse_cron_start.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Audit Sites – Continue
Frequency: every 5 minutes (crontab schedule: */5 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-lighthouse-extension/cron/lighthouse_cron_sync.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Send Notifications
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
Frequency: every week, on Sunday 00:00 (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * 0)
Frequency: twice a month (crontab schedule: 0 0 1,15 * * *)
Frequency: every month (crontab schedule: 0 0 1 * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-lighthouse-extension/cron/lighthouse_cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Maintenance
Maintenance
Start Maintenance
Frequency: every hour (crontab schedule: 0 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-maintenance-extension/cron/cron_job_start.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Continue Maintenance
Frequency: every minute (crontab schedule: * * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-maintenance-extension/cron/cron_job_continue.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Post Dripper
Post Dripper
Drip Articles
Frequency: every hour (crontab schedule: 0 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-post-dripper-extension/cron/post_dripper.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Pro Reports
Pro Reports
Send Report Notifications
Frequency: every hour (crontab schedule: 0 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-pro-reports-extension/cron/notice_reports.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Send Reports
Frequency: every 5 minutes (crontab schedule: */5 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-pro-reports-extension/cron/send_reports.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Send Reports – Continue
Frequency: every minute (crontab schedule: * * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-pro-reports-extension/cron/continue_reports.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Sucuri
Sucuri
Send Notifications
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-sucuri-extension/cron/securityscan_notification.php > /dev/null 2>&1
SSL Monitor
SSL Monitor
Start Monitor
Frequency: every day (crontab schedule: 0 0 * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-ssl-monitor-extension/cron/ssl_monitor_cron_start.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Continue Monitor
Frequency: every 5 minute (crontab schedule: */5 * * * *)
wget -O /dev/null http://yourdashboard.com/wp-content/plugins/mainwp-ssl-monitor-extension/cron/ssl_monitor_cron_continue_run.php > /dev/null 2>&1